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Egypt: Heightened Foreign Activity of the Military

2018 Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Foreign Relations Mahmoud Gamal Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

August 08, 2018 13:39 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Mahmoud Gamal Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egypt-heightened-foreign-activity-of-the-military/ Intelligence Director Abbas Kamel in Washington An American-Egyptian meeting on 24 July discussed developments in the Gaza Strip in the light of Egypt’s renewed efforts to achieve Palestinian reconciliation and to stabilize the Gaza Strip. A...

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The Militarization of Politics and an Authoritarian Revival: The Eighth Annual CIHRS Report on Human Rights in the Arab Region

2018 Cairo Institute For Human Rights Studies Democracy and Politics Egypt Human Rights Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

August 08, 2018 13:36 pm

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Source: Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://cihrs.org/the-militarization-of-politics-and-an-authoritarian-revival-the-eighth-annual-cihrs-report-on-human-rights-in-the-arab-region/?lang=en The Arab region is facing an immeasurably more profound crisis than it faced at the beginning of the Arab Spring uprisings seven years ago, contends the Eight...

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Egypt Courting Chaos and Controversy

2018 Civil Society Cordoba Foundation Egypt Foreign Relations Islamic Movements and Institutions Paper

August 02, 2018 14:17 pm

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Source: Cordoba Foundation (re-published by the Egyptian Institute for Studies) Author(s): N/A Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Egypt-Courting-Chaos-and-Controversy-Report-by-Guernica-and-Cordoba.pdf Executive Summary Over the past two years, the Egyptian State Litigation Authority has commissioned a number of reports to examine a number of issues, including...

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Reduction of Subsidy and Egypt’s Financial Situation

2018 Abdelhafez Alsawy Economy Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Paper

August 02, 2018 13:50 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Abdelhafez Alsawy Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/reduction-of-subsidy-and-egypts-financial-situation/ Subsidy in Egypt, a thorny issue, is usually addressed in light of government decisions to reduce it, which accordingly leads to raising the prices of goods and services. But subsidy is not new in many economies, even those of developed...

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US Release of Military Aid to Egypt Sends Signal

2018 Amr Magdi Egypt Foreign Relations Human Rights Human Rights Watch Military Affairs Paper

August 01, 2018 12:55 pm

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Source: Human Rights Watch Author(s): Amr Magdi Original Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/07/27/us-release-military-aid-egypt-sends-signal This week, the Trump administration restored US$195 million in military aid to Egypt despite an intensifying crackdown on human rights by the Egyptian authorities. The decision to reinstate the funds adds insult to injury for the human rights defenders...

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The end is Nile: International cooperation on Egypt’s water crisis

2018 Economy Egypt European Council On Foreign Relations Foreign Relations Paper Tareq Baconi

August 01, 2018 12:48 pm

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Source: European Council on Foreign Relations Author(s): Tareq Baconi Original Link: https://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_the_end_is_nile_international_cooperation_on_egypts_water_crisis Egypt’s concern about the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has gained a new intensity. Since its launch in 2011, the project has elicited a mixture of denial and opposition from Cairo – despite the...

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MEPP 2018 2nd Quarter Analysis

Analysis

July 31, 2018 18:52 pm

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In the first quarter of 2018, 59 research papers were published on Egypt by 22 think tanks internationally. More than half of the research papers and policy analysis published focused on the 2018 presidential elections, the Egyptian political landscape, the economy, and foreign aid. Fewer papers focused on the human rights situation, judicial affairs, military

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Egypt: Security, Human Rights, and Reform

2018 Carnegie Civil Society Egypt Human Rights Michele Dunne Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism

July 31, 2018 14:28 pm

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Source: Carnegie Endowment Author(s): Michelle Dunne Original Link: https://carnegieendowment.org/2018/07/25/egypt-security-human-rights-and-reform-pub-76916 Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, ranking member Deutch, and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for inviting me to testify. While Egypt is not in the headlines these days, there are important and worrying developments in security, economy...

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Five Years of Egypt’s War on Terror

2018 Egypt Human Rights Military Affairs Paper Security and Counter-Terrorism The Tahrir Institute For Middle East Policy

July 31, 2018 14:20 pm

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Source: The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Author(s): TIMEP Original Link: https://timep.org/esw/five-years-of-egypts-war-on-terror/ On July 24, 2013, then-Defense Minister Abdel-Fattah El Sisi asked for a popular mandate to fight terrorism, marking the declaration of “war on terror” that has lasted five years. The war on terror has been used to justify a wide range of activity

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Egyptian Military & Destruction of Economy – 6

2018 Abdelhafez Alsawy Economy Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Military Affairs Paper

July 31, 2018 14:03 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Abdelhafez Alsawy Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egyptian-military-destruction-of-economy-6/ XXVI- Funding For Youth Projects Implicates the Egyptian Banks The Egyptian economic management has been witnessing false performance and undergoing weaknesses and lack of coordination between its components since the military coup in Egypt...

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Egyptian Military & Destruction of Economy – 5

2018 Abdelhafez Alsawy Economy Egypt Egyptian Institute For Studies Military Affairs Paper

July 31, 2018 13:55 pm

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Source: Egyptian Institute for Studies Author(s): Abdelhafez Alsawy Original Link: https://en.eipss-eg.org/egyptian-military-destruction-of-economy-5/ XXI- Petroleum Imbalance and Economy of the Rentier State in Egypt Although Egypt has been included among the Petroleum Exporting Companies, since the second half of the seventies of the twentieth century, yet it did not enjoy membership of the...

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Islamist parties in North Africa: A comparative analysis of Morocco, Tunisia, and Egypt

2018 Adel Abdel Ghafar Bill Hess Democracy and Politics Egypt Islamic Movements and Institutions Paper The Brookings Institution

July 31, 2018 13:41 pm

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Source: Brookings Author(s): Adel Abdel Ghafar and Bill Hess Original Link: https://www.brookings.edu/research/islamists-parties-in-north-africa-a-comparative-analysis-of-morocco-tunisia-and-egypt/ In 2010-2011, popular uprisings in North Africa created an unprecedented opening for opposition groups from across the political spectrum to finally take part in governing their respective...

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